Monday, October 31, 2016

Saturday, October 29, 2016

the police

Some time ago I was speeding up in the far right lane to make a orange light to shake a persistent tailgater. Minutes later a police car pulled me over for speeding. No denying, I was "possibly" speeding when asked on why I was being pulled over. I had a choice to defend it as a moral obligation to avoid being rear-ended or just take my lumps and let the process run. I defended! "I was speeding up to get away from that lunatic tailgater". The policeman replied: "That lunatic tailgater was me".
Here are some tips on how to civilly co-operate with police.

http://etiquette.about.com/od/Manners/a/Etiquette-When-You-Are-Pulled-Over-By-A-Police-Officer.htm

911 etiquette

It is our wish that you are never in a situation where you have to call 911. We are all familiar with common 911 etiquette:
"You may feel scared or nervous if you have to call 911. That’s OK. The emergency operators who answer the phone talk to a lot of people who are nervous or worried when they call. Just stay as calm as you can."
However,
Survival has no rules!
When a person is held hostage, and their life would be in jeopardy if they called 911, being prepared during a panic attack could save lifes. Hostages can't talk. Hostages may have split seconds to text someone who may be able to advocate. Don't text them back. The predator/abuser will escalate. YOU call 311 and report. 311 may call 911 where the caller number is registered and intervene.

October is National Domestic Violence awareness month. Speak out! We get it, we can help. Enough is enough. If you can't do it for yourself, do it for your daughter (or son). Text trained Crisis Counselors about anything that’s on your mind. Free, 24/7, confidential. Text “GO” to 741741
  • 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. (CDC, 2010)
  • 1 in 10 women in the United States will be raped by an intimate partner in her lifetime. (CDC, 2010)
    • Approximately 16.9% of women and 8.0% of men will experience sexual violence other than rape by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. (CDC, 2010)
      • Data on sexual violence against men may be under-reported.

Friday, October 21, 2016

College and Career Exploration Day (Austin)

Nov. 5th @ Highland Campus
Discover ACC programs to help you start a new career or transfer.
Sign up on line: http://sites.austincc.edu/events/college-career-exploration-day/

https://digitalcreativeinstitute.com/how-apprenticeship-works/

ReUse & Fix It Festival

Save the date! The first ever Fix It Festival in celebration of ReUse Week, will be coming to Recycled Reads. Bring your torn clothing, broken small appliances and jewelry pieces and learn how to make repairs while you enjoy music from Danny Fast Fingers, chat with vendors and enjoy reuse activities for children. RSVP
Saturday, October 22, 2016 12:00PM
5335 Burnet Rd. 

512-974-7460

Family friendly Pumpkin Festival

Tagawa Gardens!

It just gets bigger and better every fall!  This year’s Pumpkin Festival at Tagawa Gardens is living proof that old-fashioned fun is alive and well, and just waiting for you and your family (Always the perfect place for pictures and memories) every weekend in October.

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/halloween-coloring-pages/

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Free Freaky Family Fun (in Austin)




Also:
10/31 from 11:00AM-7:00PM
United Christian Church, 3500 W. Parmer  (free)
Bethany Lutheran, 3701 Slaughter (free with pumpkin purchase)

Friday, October 7, 2016

time to get dressed up for a wedding

we just had an announcement from a Military bride offering a resource:

http://www.bridesacrossamerica.com/register-by-list
send us your picture!
God bless!

LEGO kids



Toys R us Bricktober - Each Saturday during the month of October, kids can come in and participate in fun events like building race cars and towers. On Saturday, October 29 there's a free make and take event where they get to build and take home a free LEGO Frankenstein.

Free Child Care at IKEAIf you take your children along with you to IKEA, you can leave them to play at the supervised children's area, Småland.They'll get 60 minutes of free play time while you shop as long as they have room for them. Småland is for children between 4 and 10 years old.